Mercedes make more history with Formula E titles in second season as Nyck De Vries becomes champion

The double success means Mercedes, Formula 1's champions for the last seven seasons, have conquered Formula E in just their second year in the series, collecting the motorsport giant's first-ever all-electric world championship.

Formula E's seventh season was the first given full world championship status by the governing FIA.

An incredible 18 drivers came into the season-deciding Berlin E-Prix with a chance of lifting the title but in the end it was De Vries, a former Formula 2 champion and one of Mercedes current F1 reserves, who triumphed.

De Vries finished eighth in the weekend's second race but saw his rivals crash out to end the season with a seven-point buffer to Venturi's Eduardo Mortara, who retired at the start when he smashed into the back of Mitch Evans's barely moving Jaguar.

Other main championship contender, Britain's Red Bull F1 development driver Jake Dennis, also crashed out after the restart in his BMW i Andretti.

Norman Nato eventually won the race ahead of Nissan's Oliver Rowland, with Stoffel Vandoorne third to clinch the title for Mercedes, who finished with 181 points to Jaguar's 177.

"What an end to this season," said Toto Wolff, Mercedes' head of motorsport and renowned F1 boss. "The highs, lows, ups and downs have been a given this season, and the final race of the season wasn't an exception.